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"The current dispute, triggered by [[Hezbollah]]'s kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, illustrates the explosive nature in the region. The response of Israel, as the record would indicate, was swift and disproportionately forceful," Kamal wrote.

===Profiles===

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/default.stm "Middle East Crisis: In Depth"], BBC.

*[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/35772526-C1A8-4599-868C-E513C4F29C9B.htm "Timeline of events in Lebanon,"] ''[[Al Jazeera]]'', July 22, 2006. Reverse timeline.

*[[Robert Parry]], [http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/071706.html "The Abyss Beckons,"] ''consortiumnews.com'', July 18, 2006.

*Nicholas D. Kristof, [http://64.226.238.78/PA/others/others216.shtml "Feeding the Enemy,"] ''New York Times'' (''The Progressive American''), July 18, 2006.

*Jad Mouawad and Steven Erlanger, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/20/news/mideast.php "Fighting rages on in southern Lebanon,"] ''New York Times''/''International Herald Tribune'', July 20, 2006.

*Hassein Dakroub, [http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/07/20/ap2892268.html "Israel Won't Rule Out Full-Scale Invasion,"] Associated Press (''Forbes''), July 20, 2006.

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5201696.stm "Hezbollah defies Israeli pressure,"] BBC, July 21, 2006.

*Lee Keath, [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2219720 "Israel Preparing Lebanon Ground Offensive,"] Associated Press (ABC News), July 21, 2006.

*Sarah Meyer, [http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/07/index-on-illegal-us-weapons-in-lebanon.html "Index on US Illegal Weapons in Lebanon,"] ''Index Research'' Blogspot, July 30, 2006.

*Greg Mitchell, [http://editorandpublisher.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=David+Brooks+No+End+to+Death+in+Lebanon&expire=&urlID=19004169&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2Fcolumns%2Fpressingissues_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1002914839&partnerID=60 "Endorsing More Death in Lebanon,"] ''Editor & Publisher'', July 30, 2006.

*[http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/30/matthews-frankenstein/ "Matthews: War in Iraq United 'the Disparate Pieces of Shia Radicalism into a Frankenstein Monster',"] ''Think Progress'', July 30, 2006. See WMP and QT video links at [http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/07/30/matthews-shia-crescent-is-a-frankenstein-monster/#more-9294 ''Crooks and Liars''].

*[http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2006/07/us-middle-east-policy-blood-soaked.html "US middle east policy: '...a blood soaked failure'!"] ''The Existentialist Cowboy'' Blogspot, July 30, 2006.

*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/31/hagel.mideast/ "Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast. Nebraska's Sen. Hagel calls for immediate cease-fire,"] CNN, July 31, 2006.

*Anne Bayefsky, [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODQyMGNlYWM5NzIzZGFhOTNlZDAxMmM2YTRkOWRjYzE= "Dealing with the Devil. A diplomatic disaster in the making,"] ''National Review Online'', August 7, 2006.

*[http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=151776 "Text of comments by Bush, Rice,"] Associated Press (''Boston Herald''), August 7, 2006.

*Saad Eddin Ibrahim, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082200978_pf.html Op-Ed: "The 'New Middle East' Bush Is Resisting,"] ''Washington Post'', August 23, 2006.

*Jane Arraf, [http://onthescene.msnbc.com/baghdad/2006/10/calling_bob_in_.html#posts "Calling Bob in Baghdad,"] ''Blogging Baghdad''/MSNBC, October 10, 2006: "I'm more puzzled by comments that the violence isn't any worse than any American city. Really? [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15204665/ In which American city do 60 bullet-riddled bodies turn up on a given day?] In which city do the headless bodies of ordinary citizens turn up every single day? In which city would it not be news if neighborhood school children were blown up? In which neighborhood would you look the other way if gunmen came into restaurants and shot dead the customers?"

*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101000156.html "110 Bodies Found in Baghdad in 24 Hours,"] Reuters (''Washington Post''), October 11, 2006.

*Gretchen Peters, [http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/no_peace_in_pak.html "Pakistani Truce Already Falling Apart,"] ''The Blotter'' Blog/ABC News, October 24, 2006: "U.S. military officials tell ABC News cross-border attacks by the Taliban are up '300 percent' since President Musharraf declared a 'truce' with tribal leaders in the troubled Northern Waziristan region that borders Afghanistan." re [[Pakistan]] and [[The Other War: Afghanistan]]

*[http://www.newyorkbusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/FREE/61101008/1048/newsletter01 "Kroll pulls security team out of Iraq. Kroll withdrew its bodyguard teams from Iraq and Afghanistan after four workers died in Iraq,"] Associate Press (''NewYorkBusiness.com''), November 1, 2006. re [[Kroll, Inc.]]

*David R. Baker, [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/01/MNGMIM3RAG1.DTL "Bechtel pulling out after 3 rough years of rebuilding work,"] ''San Francisco Chronicle'', November 1, 2006. re [[Bechtel]]

*Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/midterms2006/story/0,,1944466,00.html "Vice-president faces isolation over Iran and Syria after key ally leaves Pentagon,"] ''The Guardian'' (UK), November 10, 2006. re [[Robert M. Gates]]

*[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/794993.html "North and south,"] ''Haaretz'', December 2, 2006. re new war in mid 2007.

*Lisa Myers and Robert Windrem, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18854414/ "NBC: CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast. Pre-war reports say agency predicted dangers of toppling Saddam's regime,"] MSNBC, May 25, 2007.

*[[adapting to win]]

*[[Al Qaeda]]

*[[Jundullah]]

*[[liquid bomb plot August 2006]]

*[[outposts of tyranny]]

*[[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]

*[[Taliban]]

*[[terrorism to end terrorism]]

*[[United States as a rogue nation]]

*[[War in Iraq is fueling global terrorism]]